Himalayan Spice - Atlanta

Hole in the wall Indian/Nepalese restaurant with a small but delicious menu. The restaurant is super small with only 1 table inside so I would highly recommend just doing takeout. We called at around 6:30 to place the order and they were out of lamb and goat so we ended up getting chicken tikka masala and chicken biryani with a side of garlic naan. It took a bit longer than we were told, so based off this only experience, the wait time is actually around 30 min. The food was plentiful and absolutely amazing! I'm used to soft, fluffy naan, but honestly I'm a big fan of their slightly crispy naan. The chicken tikka was super creamy and flavorful, and the biryani was also pretty tasty. Overall, I'd like to come back to try the lamb and goat as well as more traditional Nepalese food.

Himalayan Spice, an Indian and Nepalese restaurant, gets a solid four stars out of me. I had their $10.99 lunch buffet and it hit the spot. The food was delicious and it was a great value. This business opened in December 2012 in a shopping plaza (same one as Desta Ethiopian Kitchen at the corner of Clairmont Road and Briarcliff Road, just off I 85 exit 91. It may not look like much from the outside, but this is a fairly spacious restaurant with a large dining room that is divided into multiple sections and a separate bar area with three TVs. With lots of flexible seating, this is a great place to bring groups of various sizes. They have a private event space in the back and outdoor deck seating, with umbrellas, out front. The decor, among other things, features traditional Nepalese style architecture and paintings and photographs of places in Nepal. The menu has several Nepalese dishes including chau chau (or chowmin or chow mein noodles, thukpa (a Nepalese and Tibetan noodle soup , and momo (South Asian dumplings, similar to East Asian dumplings as well as Himalayan thali (round platters that include several different types of dishes . There are many different types of Indian dishes from vegetarian to lamb and goat, biryani rice plates, and entrees cooked in a cylindrical clay tandoor oven. If ordering from the menu, you can expect to spend about $5 10 each for most soups, salads, and appetizers, $12 17 each for most entrees, and less than $5 each for desserts (e.g. kheer, gulab jamun, ras malai, etc. . Here 's what was on the buffet during my visit: Salad, fruit, sauce, and dessert (cold buffet: Basic green salad Fresh cut pineapple Red onion, lime wedges, green bird 's eye chilis Raita yogurt Mint sauce Mixed pickle condiment Tamarind sauce Two kinds of hot sauces (one orange, one red Nepali style cucumber pickles Fruit pudding Kheer rice pudding The main (hot buffet: Papadum lentil crackers Banda ko tarkari Nepali style cabbage Broccoli and potato curry Palak saag spinach and cottage cheese Vegetable korma Butter chicken Goat curry (bone in Chicken kadhai (bone in Vegetable chau chau Nepali style stir fried noodles Vegetable biryani rice Plain basmati rice Naan Chicken tandoori (bone in Rajma curry kidney beans curry Black lentil soup (dal Bhatoora naan dough flattened and deep fried Himalayan Spice 's lunch buffet is available six days a week, starting at 11am on weekdays and 12pm on weekends. The business is closed on Monday. As I 've done at most Indian buffets I 've gone to, I tried everything. And for the most part, everything I had from Himalayan Spice 's buffet was good, especially considering the price paid for typical buffet quality food. I really enjoyed it. There was only one item I did not like and it was the mixed pickle condiment from the cold buffet. I 'm not sure exactly what it was (mixed pickled vegetables of some sort , but it tasted terrible to me. Unless the food had gone bad, which I sort of doubt since the rest of the dishes were tasty, I think this one was an acquired taste or meant to be eaten with certain other foods. Its taste was unpleasantly sharp and pungent. My favorites were the banda ko tarkari (Nepali style cabbage , palak saag (spinach and cottage cheese , butter chicken, vegetable biryani, chicken tandoori, the black lentil soup, fruit pudding, and kheer (rice pudding . A lot of these tasted like comfort food to me. They were just very satisfying and hearty. The banda ko tarkari is a shredded cabbage dish that is nicely seasoned. Like other Nepalese dishes, this one is very similar to Chinese shredded cabbage. I typically love palak (spinach dishes and Himalayan Spice 's palak saag was no exception. It 's basically like India 's version of creamed spinach, but better with a different and relatively more aromatic flavor profile. The butter chicken and vegetable biryani were both A OK. I liked the butter chicken 's rich, creamy, and mildly spiced curry sauce. The vegetable biryani had good flavor and aroma. The chicken tandoori was nice and tender. I got smaller sized drumsticks and really liked the charred crispy outer edges. The black lentil soup was simple, comforting, and strangely addictive. I could eat bowls of that stuff. As for dessert, both the fruit pudding and the kheer were excellent. The fruit pudding was filled with ripe, chopped fruit; grapes, mango, and maybe one other fruit. The kheer was cold, sweet, and refreshing. The papadum were razor thin and quite fragile and delicate. Both the broccoli and potato curry and the vegetable chau chau were rather plain to me, but still, not bad. The vegetable korma, made with yogurt and cream, was fine. The chicken kadhai, also known as chicken karahi, was mildly spicy. Service was good. If you 're looking for gratifying Indian and Nepalese food, I recommend this place. I hope to make it back sooner rather than later.

I was craving Indian food on this particular rainy Saturday and my regular place was closed and I happened to stumble upon Himalayan spice. There is parking right up front so I got lucky but it's within a business complex so there was ample open parking anyway. I think I walked in right when they open because there was no one else there then slowly the people started pouring in. The place is pretty big and serves beer and wine. The wait staff was very attentive coming around refilling my drink asking me if I needed anything so that was nice. The buffet selection on the weekend was pretty nice, although I didn't see the usual chicken tiki masala it was ok at least I got to try other dishes. Everything was hot, delicious, and very flavorful. I'd go back to see what else they had to offer.

Consistently good food. Love their Nepali dishes. Love dining on location but food quality is similar even with delivery. I usually order the Vindaloo (Lamb or chicken) and the Britain!

We came in on a Sunday afternoon with three hungry appetites. Fortunately for us the buffet at Himalayan spice quenched all of our hunger pangs. This is an indian and Nepalese restaurant, although staff told me that there isn't any one dish on the buffet that was strictly Nepalese, and that the two cuisines were very similar. Fair enough. I guess the next time I come i'll have to seek out the Nepalese menu items instead. The buffet was pretty standard and had several meats, veggies and desserts to choose from. I wont even try to list everything I had, but i'll List a few things I enjoyed. Butter chicken was really tasty, and was one of the rare proteins on the line that didn't have bones (making me go back for seconds). The tandoori chicken was also pretty good, but bones will have to be fished out of your mouth when you take a bite. Steamed shredded cabbage was delicious, as was the carrot pudding (don't forget the rice pudding). Honorable mentions go towards the naan and noodles, The buffet is very much capable of filling you up, and while I usually don't get the buffet in favor of getting what I want off menu, the flavors here weren't bad. I was sad that a few staple dishes i'm used to weren't on the buffet, like chicken 65 or samosas, but that's okay. Located at the corner of briarcliff rd and clairmont road (same shopping center as desta), Himalayan Spice sits in a small strip with shared parking, which is typically not so hard to find parking spots. Getting in and out of this lot on either street are not bad at all, and the corner does have a red light. Himalayan Spice is a solid choice for lunch. Flavors are there, some variety is there, and there's an entire menu for those not interested in the buffet. I'm giving them 3 stars only because of their bony meats, which were kinda a chore to eat around. They can certainly get a star or two back when I next return though. Beyond the bones, I think you'd do well to check them out!